probably, i am new to linux and gentoo, so like after every time i restarted my sparc, the make.conf or the silo.conf is not in the /etc/ directory, i guess i have to work around mount... well i am learning a lot.

Hm, well make.conf should always be in /etc. As for silo.conf the manual says (or used to say) that the working copy is in /boot and that you should keep a copy of it in /etc in case /boot gets blown away.